Nissan is making Mini cars

Nissan Motor Co. plans to start in-house production of minicars in fiscal 2016, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.
Amid the growing quality of minicars due to lower costs and maintenance prices, a senior official at Nissan same the automaker are going to be engaged within the entire producing method from development to assembly to allow for more flexible sales in accordance with its product strategy.

The move is considered the primary all-out entry into auto production by a significant automaker within the regarding half-century since Honda Motor Co. started producing them in 1963. With Nissan's planned entry, minicars are going to be created by 5 automakers - Daihatsu Motor Co., Suzuki Motor corporation., Mitsubishi Motors corporation., Honda and Nissan.
Nissan is reportedly eyeing its Oppama Plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, because the main production site. The manufacturing business plans to target wagon minicars targeted at ladies and young people, with an annual output seemingly within the vary of 50,000 to 100,000 units, in keeping with the source.
Nissan started selling minicars beneath its own name in 2002, once it commissioned Suzuki to make them. In 2011, the automobile maker established a venture with Mitsubishi Motors to provide minicars and different vehicles. READ MORE